Oh yeah ..... I "often" fly (as in usually) motor backup. Usually the only thing that prevents that is when I plan on flying past the delay-time.
- Bob F. w9ya On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Bdale Garbee <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:41:13 -0800, Casey Barker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi guys, thanks for all the advice. I think I'll get the SMA option, > then > > buy or craft an SMA antenna and just run it through the forward bulkhead > > with some tubing or tape. That way, if I do shred an antenna, I can just > > screw on another one. > > Sure, that'll work. If you have a soldering iron, replacing the wire > that I ship soldered on to the center pad of the SMA footprint by > default isn't hard either. Whatever you're most comfortable with! > > > And not that I > > don't trust the Telemetrum, but my cert flight will probably use > > motor-ejection. :) > Here's my construction blog, if you're interested: > > http://intrinsicallyunsafe.blogspot.com/ > > My son flew his first few electronic deployments with motor-based backup > at apogee. On at least one occasion, that saved an airframe. Don't > *ever* feel like you need to apologize for doing what's smart, > particularly on a cert flight where the goal is just to get it flown and > recovered successfully so you can move on! > > > Bob: I'm a software guy, but I've worked around radio folks for years. > > When I read the Tech manual, it seemed easy enough that I figured, "what > > the heck" and read the General/Extra manuals, too. If it still required > 20 > > wpm Morse, I'd never have gotten past Novice. > > Dude. You're not the first person I know who's done that, but it's > still quite an achievement! Congrats! > > 73 - Bdale, KB0G > > ps: Just read some of your blog, and thought I'd comment that not only > is John Wilke (who runs 3 Dogs Rocketry) a friend, but I've had > nothing but great experiences buying things from him. > > _______________________________________________ > altusmetrum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum > >
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